TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF solutions
supplier and technology innovator, today announced two new
high-performanceMulti-band, Multi-mode Power Amplifiers (MMPAs)
that extend browsing time while simplifying complex RF design for
today’s increasingly sophisticated wireless devices. The highly
integrated MMPAs support more frequency bands in 20% less board space
than discrete architectures, and have already captured design wins in
leading next-generation 3G / 4G smartphones.

“Customers have told us they will be migrating to our new MMPAs because
these modules deliver longer battery life and extended operating time,”
explained Shane Smith, Vice President of Global Marketing for Mobile
Devices. “The versatile design of TriQuint’s new MMPAs also allows
manufacturers to use a common platform to release new products at a
faster pace, while controlling design and manufacturing costs.”

Product Details

Aligned with a leading chipset supplier’s reference design, the TRIUMF™ TQM7M9050
supports five of the world’s most popular 3G / 4G bands in addition to
quad-band GSM/EDGE. The high-efficiency 3G / 4G power amplifier (PA)
outperforms its closest competitors, achieving nearly 46%* PAE. Its new
cousin, the TRIUMF TQP9058,
is almost identical, except that it features a different approach to
controlling output power for the 2G PA that is compatible with reference
designs from several other major chipset manufacturers. “We’ve expanded
our product portfolio to align with multiple chipset vendors. In doing
so, we’ve broadened our ability to serve several key customers,” said
Smith.

Both MMPAs feature a two-gain-state WCDMA PA with low and high power
modes to maximize talk time over the entire range of operating
conditions. Each is fully matched with a coupler and band distribution
switches, ideal for today’s small data-enabled phones. At 5x7mm, the
highly integrated modules provide an ultra-small form factor to shrink
overall product footprints while reducing external component count,
minimizing assembly costs, speeding time to market and enabling
industry-leading performance.

TriQuint’s new modules build on the company’s existing MMPA products,
which are found in some of the world’s most sought-after smartphones.
The TQM7M9023alsois included on a leading chipset supplier’s reference
design. Another TriQuint MMPA, the TQM7M9053,
offers higher efficiency at a lower cost. The company nearly tripled its
MMPA shipments during the past year.

The TRIUMF™ MMPA TQM7M9050 and TQP9058 are currently sampling into many
new wireless devices. Visit TriQuint in Booth 6E-84 at the 2013 Mobile
World Congress in Barcelona on Feb. 25-28 for more information about the
company’s MMPA solutions, or watch a new videoabout simplifying RF design with MMPAs.To locate one of
TriQuint’s distributors, resellers or field sales representatives,
please visit www.triquint.com/sales.

*Based on internal company estimates.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT) press release contains
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are
cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties. The cautionary statements made in this press release
should be read as being applicable to all related statements wherever
they appear. Statements containing such words as “leading,” “high
performance,” “best-in-class” or similar terms are considered to contain
uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. A number of factors
affect TriQuint’s operating results and could cause its actual future
results to differ materially from any results indicated in this press
release or in any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf
of, TriQuint, including, but not limited to: those associated with the
unpredictability and volatility of customer acceptance of and demand for
our products and technologies, the ability of our production facilities
and those of our vendors to meet demand, the ability of our production
facilities and those of our vendors to produce products with yields
sufficient to maintain profitability, as well as the other “Risk
Factors” set forth in TriQuint’s most recent 10-Q report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. This and other reports can be found
on the SEC web site, www.sec.gov.
A reader of this release should understand that these and other risks
could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations
expressed / implied in forward-looking statements.

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT) is a leading
global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the
world’s top communications, defense and aerospace companies. People and
organizations around the world need real-time, all-the-time connections;
TriQuint products help reduce the cost and increase the performance of
connected mobile devices and the networks that deliver critical voice,
data and video communications. With the industry’s broadest technology
portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in high-volume
manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using
gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave
(SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has
ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in
Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. For more
information, visit www.triquint.com.